Alex Burtness
Explosives Ordnance Disposal Technician
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“(As a child) I played with robots, took things apart, built things. I always liked to program. It was a natural fit for me.”
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Explosives Ordnance Disposal Technician
Alex is part of a specialized team of explosive ordnance disposal technicians that undertake missions that can include parachuting out of aircraft to neutralizing underwater mines and other munitions. Sailors in special warfare jobs like this are in the business of keeping our country operationally safe, much in the same way state and local police bomb disposal technicians do for their communities. They serve a crucial high-priority Navy role.
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